Its a ghost ship that's half the size it was 3 years ago (about 250 before and 125 now and shrinking) and with only a few profitable locations (far less than half). Only the corp. office is making money on this franchise.

The class format

The lack of useful support from the Franchisor. Franchisor's lack of experience in the industry is crippling. Very poor execution plans, poor reception by HQ of Franchisee feedback, HQ DOES LESS WORK FOR THE FRANCHISEES YET COLLECTS FULL ROYALTIES, HQ siphons additional revenue beyond royalties in the form of direct-sales to our clients, and much more

Stop profiting off struggling studios! This franchise has not earned that right. Provide MARKETING that I was GUARANTEED when I bought into this franchise but HQ discontinued abruptly without any plans at all... And yet you still charge the some royalty. Meanwhile I now have Agency fees to to obtain that service externally.